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@uiten tatrslatwt @time ISAAC C. RICHMOND, OF WEST MERIIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES N. I-IOUGH, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 66,391, dater] July 2, 186i'.

IMPROVED HARNESS-HOOK.

IO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN: i

Be it known that I, ISAAC C. RICHMOND, of West Meriden, in the county of New I-Iaven, and State of Con- .necticut, have invented a non' Improvement in Harness-Hook; and I do hereby declare the following, when takenin connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, t-o be a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which-said drawingsV constitute part of this specieation, and represent, in- I Figure I, a top view.

Figure 2, a side View.

Figure 3, a section on line a: a: looking towards the hook; and in Figures 4 and 5, the operation.

This invention isV designed to avoid th'c necessary use of the spring and latch employed in the ordinary harness-hook, and consists in a simple hook, upon the point of which is formed a segmental piece or bar at right angles with the hook, and so that the ring or whatever is to be attached to the hook, or the -hook attached to, -may be introduced into the hook, and the said segmental bar prevent its unhooking.

In order to the better understanding of my invention, as well as to enable others to construct the same, I will proceed to a description as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the back ofthe hook, to which is iixed an eye, B, of the required form; C, the hook proper turned up from the back, as seen in g. 2. Upon the point of the hook C, and at right angles, is xed a bar, D, formed segmental, as seen in iig. 3, and so as to cover or extend below the back A. This completes the hook.

Its operation is as follows: supposing it to be required to att-ach the hook to the ring E, first pia-cethe hook C within the ring, and so that one leg of the bar D will pass over the ring, as seen ing. 4; then turn the hook, holding the ring; thering will naturally work under and pass into the hook belowV the bar D, as seen in iig. 5; and when-thus hooked t-o the ring it'cannot be detached therefrom except by a reverse operation, which cannot, by any possibility, he accidentally done. 'Thus I have produced a harness-hook lin but a.` single piece, and Without spring or latch, and in its construction extremely cheap as compared With'ordinary harne'ss-hooks, and 'applicable to all purposes for which similar hooks are required.

Having thus fully described'my invention. what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is .i

A hook having the bar D formed upon the point of the hook, each end of the said bar extending down and partially around the shank of the hook in the manner and so as to operate substantially as set forth.

. ISAAC C. RICHMOND. Witnesses i JAMES Hoven, RA'rcLIrrn` Hrcns. 

